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THE WORD 

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THE WORLD 



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OUTLINE BIBLE STUDIES 

BY 

MARTHA T. FISKE, M. A. 




New York 

Student Volunteer Movement 

For Foreign Missions 

1907 



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Copyright, 1907, by 

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FOREWORD 

In these Studies, the author's purpose is not to pre- 
sent an exhaustive list of all the missionary passages 
in the Bible, but to show in typical selections the facts 
that God's salvation was always intended for all man- 
kind, and that His teachings were from the beginning 
for the whole world. 

May this study of God's Word stimulate many to 
a deeper interest in His World, to further study of 
both the Bible and missionary literature, and to a truer 
consecration to His service where the need is greatest. 

Martha T. Fiske 

Cambridge, Massachusetts 



CONTENTS 

Study I — The World in the Law I 

Study II — The World in the Prophets 10 

Study III— The World in the Psalms 18 

Study IV — The Missionary Apostles 25 

Study V — The World-wide Teaching of Christ 35 

Study VI — The Missionary Apostles 43 

Study VII — Paul the Missionary 52 

Study VIII — Missionary Writings of the Apostles 61 



NOTE 

These studies are based upon the Revised Version 
of the Bible. Spaces are left after the questions for 
the insertion of answers, notes on the reading, or 
thoughts to be brought up in the class hour. In all 
these studies, let the attention be fixed upon the main 
points. 

Further references to appropriate missionary litera- 
ture will be found in the Suggestions prepared for 
leaders. 



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STUDY I: THE WORLD IN THE LAW 

1st Day: The Ancient Promise 

Prayer: "O God, open Thou mine eyes, that I may 
behold wondrous things out of Thy law." 

In beginning this study, remember that the Bible 
is a library of sixty-six volumes, comprising many dif- 
ferent kinds of literature — history, law-books, devo- 
tional books, etc., — written at different periods of his- 
tory, and not arranged in chronological order. But all 
these volumes have one deep, underlying purpose — to 
show forth God's relation to man, and man's relation 
to God. 

The "Law" is the term usually applied to the first 
five books of the Bible, the Pentateuch. It includes 
narratives from different sources and laws from vari- 
ous collections, which had been handed down orally 
from age to age. It presents a composite picture of 
the Hebrew people for about a thousand years. 

The Pentateuch begins the account of the Hebrew 
race with a brief preface (Genesis 1:11) epitomizing 
the history of the whole world, which is traced back 
to God, the Creator. The detailed story of the Hebrew 
nation is then taken up. 

What was the promise made by God to the ancestors 
of the Hebrews, as recorded in Genesis 12 : 1-3 ; 18 : 18 
and 22: 17, 18? 



Did He have in mind only the "chosen people?" 
Read Genesis 26 : 4 and 28 : 14, the promise con- 
firmed. 



Consider who were meant by "all the families of the 
earth." Think of the great neighbors of the ancient 
Hebrews — the Egyptians, Hittites, Philistines, Assyri- 
ans, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, and 
their more distant contemporaries, the Indians and 
Chinese. Remember that the land of the Hebrews was 
only one hundred and fifty miles long and one hun- 
dred miles wide. They were surrounded by civilized 



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Egyptians, land-trading Syrians, and sea-faring Phoe- 
nicians. Their land was the highway of the great 
caravan routes from East to West, and from North to 
South. All nations traversed this narrow bridge be- 
tween the continents. 

While the nomad tribe that came up from Egypt 
was engaged in occupying the land and in developing 
its own national and religious life, it was more or less 
isolated, but when events occurred which showed that 
it could never be a great world-power politically, it 
was thrown into the "tempestuous stream" of the an- 
cient world with a message for hmnanity. 



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STUDY I: THE WORLD IN THE LAW 

2nd Day: The Ancient Promise (Continued) 

Fix clearly in mind the main facts in the First Day's 
Study. 

What was the opinion of the early Christian leaders 
concerning the ancient Covenant made by God with 
the Hebrew race? How does Peter refer to it? Acts 
3 : 25. What was the opinion of the great missionary, 
Paul, concerning it ? Galatians 3 : 8. 



'The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul : 
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; 
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the 

eyes. 
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever ! 
The judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. 
More to be desired are they than gold, yea than much fine 

gold; 
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb, 
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: 
In keeping of them there is great reward." 

Psalm 19:7-11. 



"The Bible is not an end in itself; it is a means to 
an end. It is a definitely appointed instrument, a ham- 
mer, a fire, a sword, a well-made tool, intended to ac- 
complish a certain purpose ; and God has so construct- 
ed it that it will be useless, unless we take it as He has 
given it to us, and apply it to the purpose for which 
it was intended. I need not dwell upon the uses which 
it has for our own personal salvation and growth in 
grace. Until one is compelled by some circumstances 
to look at it, I am afraid that the great majority of 
Christians have little thought of how the Bible, as a 
book, is to be made practically effective in the conquest 
of the world." — Rev. John Fox, D.D. 

For literature on the work of the American Bible 
Society, address The Secretaries, Bible House, New 
York City; on the work of the British and Foreign 
Bible Society address The Secretaries, 146 Queen Vic- 
toria street, London, E.C., England. 



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STUDY I: THE WORLD IN THE LAW 

3d Day : Relations of Hebrews and Foreigners 

The Hebrews always had considerable intercourse 
with people of other nationalities. They were con- 
stantly coming in contact with (1) remnants of the 
ancient Canaanite tribes that originally inhabited Pal- 
estine, and with (2) foreign slaves, (3) foreign wives, 
(4) traders of many nations, (5) nomad tribes, and 
(6) hired soldiers of the royal body-guard. With 
some of the foreign tribes their relations were hostile, 
but in many cases (7) friendly alliances were made, 
and (8) trading enterprises were carried on by the He- 
brews with foreign nations. 

For examples of these relations with foreigners, read 
the following references: 

(1) Judges 1. 

(2) Leviticus 25 : 44. 

(3) Ruth. 

(4) Genesis 37:23-28. 

(5) Exodus 3:1. 

(6) 2 Samuel 15 : 18, 2 Kings 11:4. 

(7) 1 Kings 15: 18, 2 Kings 16:5, 2 Kings 16:8, 
2 Kings 20: 12. 

(8) 1 Kings 9: 26-28, 1 Kings 7: 13, 14. 



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STUDY I: THE WORLD IN THE LAW 

4th Day: The Books of the "Covenant" and the 
"Law" 

Some foreigners became permanent residents 
among the Hebrews, and were treated in many ways 
upon an equality with the "chosen people" themselves. 
The words translated "stranger" in the Old Testament 
mean really "foreigner" or "alien." Note that the 
name "Hebrew" itself means "an immigrant." 

1. What was the attitude toward foreigners en- 
joined by the "Book of the Covenant," the code of 
laws regulating the social life and the religious ob- 
servances of the Hebrew people? Exodus 20:9; 
22: 21; 23: 9-12. 



2. In the "Book of the Law," what is the attitude to- 
ward foreigners? Write after each passage below, a 
word or two indicating the nature of the law contained 
therein. 



Deut. < 



1:16; 

5:14; 
10:19; 
14:29; 
16:9-17; 
24:17-22; 
29:10-13. 
31:12. 



"The immigration for this single year (1905) equals 
that of the entire fifty years following the inauguration 
of President Washington. In numbers, it doubles the 
population of Baltimore and nearly doubles the popu- 



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lation of such cities as Boston and St. Louis. It would 
replace the entire population of Connecticut with 100,- 
000 surplus to spare. It would re-populate Vermont 
and New Hampshire combined, with 250,000 to spare. 
"These people came, as usual, from all the corners 
of the earth, but particularly from the southeastern 
corner of Europe. The arrivals from Greece, Turkey, 
Roumania, Servia, and Bulgaria, constitute an inter- 
esting total of between 25,000 and 30,000. The horde 
came from Russia, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. 
. . . Thus it appears that seven-tenths of the arrivals 
of last year were from these three countries. It also 
appears that, within three years, more than 1,800,000 
of these people have come to the United States. Where 
are they? Unhappily for us and for them, by far the 
greater number are colonized in the larger cities of the 
North." — New York Sun Editorial. 



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STUDY I: THE WORLD IN THE LAW 

5th Day: The "Law of Holiness" 

The Laws of holiness were carefully formulated, 
and written records preserve exactly the detailed reli- 
gious ritual and civil customs. 

In this legislation what was the attitude toward 
foreigners ? Write briefly the substance of each refer- 
ence. 

Leviticus 24 \22 ; 



18:26; 20:2; 24:16; 



16:29-31. 



What is the supreme argument for Missions in the 
Law? Leviticus 19: 18 and 34. 



Personal Thought: Do I love the foreigners and 
others in a different walk in life from myself, with 
whom I come in daily contact, in school, shop, or street- 
car? 



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STUDY I : THE WORLD IN THE LAW 
6th Day: Later Legislation 

Continue the study of the priestly code of laws, 
as it concerns the treatment of foreigners. 
Numbers 9 : 14 ; 15 : 14, 15, 16 ; 19 : 10 ; 35 : 15. 
Ezekiel 47:21-23. 



Thousands of foreigners submitted to the rite of cir- 
cumcision (Exodus 12:48), and thus came to be on 
perfect equality with the Jews. In the last century be- 
fore Christ these proselytes were to be found in every 
part of the Roman Empire. Is not this evidence of 
the missionary principle in the Law ? 



"Our first obligation is to believe that the Gospel is 
the solution of our difficulties. Immigration laws 
should keep out certain well-defined classes of aliens, 
but the solution of our troubles is not in the line of 
stricter immigration laws. God has a purpose in bring- 
ing the peoples of every nation that the sun shines 
upon into this favored New England. We must fall 
in with the plans of the Infinite. We must open our 
eyes and our hearts and our hands to the work God 
is giving us to do/' — Joel S. Ives : The Foreigner in 
New England. 



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STUDY I : THE WORLD IN THE LAW 

7th Day : Christian Opinions of the Law 

What was the opinion of the author of the Epistle to 
the Hebrews concerning the Law ? 
Hebrews 13 : 2. 



What was Paul's opinion of the Law ? 
Galatians 3 : 24. 
Romans 3: 31. 



What basis had Paul for his opinion ? 
Acts 22 : 3. 



What was Christ's attitude toward the Law ? 
Matthew 5 : 17, 18. 



In the Law what evidence have we found that God 
always intended to include the world in His plan of 
saving men from sin ? 

Sum up briefly the most striking facts brought out 
in this Study. 



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STUDY II: THE WORLD IN THE PRO- 
PHETS 

1st Day: Amos and Isaiah 

From the eighth century B. C. on, the prophets — 
the men who "spoke for God," — put their thoughts into 
writing, much of which has come down to us. Until 
that time, the Hebrew people had for centuries been 
concentrating their attention upon themselves in order 
to uproot idolatry and develop among them the true 
worship of Jehovah. But now they were drawn irre- 
sistibly into the great world-drama which was going 
on around them. 

The world known to the prophets included Western 
Asia and Northern Africa — Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt, 
Phoenicia, Israel and Judah. It was a world of separ- 
ate petty clans, with no interests in common, each with 
its own national deity, which it "employed rather than 
worshipped." And each of these tribal deities was 
considered to be merely one among many gods, with 
power limited to its own territory.* This attitude of 
mind even influenced the Hebrews themselves. 

At this critical point, the prophets boldly proclaimed 
that Jehovah is the God, not only of the Hebrews, but 
also of the whole world. In some cases this proclama- 
tion took the form of denunciation of heathen vices and 
warnings of punishment of heathen nations, given to 
show that God has one standard of righteousness for 
the whole world, and that His authority over all na- 
tions is supreme. 

1. What was the attitude of Amos, the earliest 
"writing" prophet, the Judean shepherd preaching to 
the Israelites, regarding the relation of the Jews and 
other nations to God ? 

Read Amos 9 : 7. Did God love the Israelites better 
than the Ethiopians ? 



Had He guided the Israelites any more truly than 
the Philistines and Syrians ? 



*Cf. the conditions among African tribes to-day. See W. S. 
Naylor : Daybreak in the Dark Continent, pp 77-134- 



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2. Did Isaiah, the courtly statesman and reformer 
of Judah, have the world-wide vision? 
Read Isaiah 2 : 2-4. Cf . Micah 4 : 1-3. 



In Isaiah 18:7, what does the prophet say will be 
the future attitude of the Ethiopians toward God ? 



Read Isaiah 11: 1-10. How far is the rule of the 
Messiah to extend ? 



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STUDY II: THE WORLD IN THE 
PROPHETS 

2nd Day: Jeremiah 

Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah the priest, is a striking 
example of service through self-sacrifice. His long 
ministry came at a time of great disturbances within 
the nation. Was he wholly occupied with the fate of 
his own people ? Read the following passages : 

Jeremiah 3 : 16-18. Is the worship of Jehovah, sym- 
bolized by the "ark," to be limited to the Hebrew peo- 
ple? 



Jeremiah 16 : 19-21. Will the heathen nations always 
worship their idols ? 



Jeremiah 12: 15, 16. Upon what one condition shall 
the heathen neighbors share in the blessings of the 
Hebrews ? 



Jeremiah 38:6-13 and 39: 15-18. What did a for- 
eigner do for the prophet of God ? 



Thought for to-day : Here in America there is one 
Christian to every three non-Christians. The average 
parish of a foreign missionary to-day is one hundred 
and eighty-three thousand non-Christians. 



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STUDY II: THE WORLD IN THE 
PROPHETS 

3rd Day : Ezekiel and Isaiah 

1. Ezekiel was the priest and prophet of the Jews 
during the Babylonian Exile. Did he think only of the 
restoration of his own people ? 

Read Ezekiel 36: 33-38. What is to be the effect of 
the restoration upon other peoples? 



Read Ezekiel 39: 21-24. What will heathen nations 
learn from the punishment and restoration of Israel 
concerning the ethical nature of God? 



2. History has proved that God did not intend the 
Hebrew people to become a great political power. 
What is said, in the latter part of Isaiah about the 
work of God's people in the future ? 

Isaiah 40: 1-8. Is the Divine purpose limited in its 
scope ? 



Isaiah 42: 1-9. What was God's purpose for His 
servant Israel? 



Isaiah 43 : 8-13. Note the emphasis of the same idea. 



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STUDY II: THE WORLD IN THE 
PROPHETS 

4th Day: Isaiah (Continued) 

Continue the study of Isaiah by reading the follow- 
ing passages : 

Isaiah 45 : 1-8. Why did God call Cyrus, king of 
Persia, to deliver the Israelites from Babylon? Was 
His purpose limited to them ? 



Isaiah 45 : 18-23. What is to be the future attitude 
of the heathen toward God ? 



Isaiah 49 : 1-7. Unto what extended service does 
God call His servant Israel ? 



Isaiah 55 : 1-5. To whom does God give His gener- 
ous invitation, and to whom are the Israelites to carry 
the knowledge of Him ? 



Prayer : "Almighty God, whose compassions fail not, 
and whose loving kindness reacheth unto the world's 
end; we give Thee humble thanks for all the great 
things Thou hast done and art doing for the children 
of men, for the opening of heathen lands to the light of 
Thy truth, for making paths in the deep waters and 
highways in the desert, for knitting nation to nation in 
the bonds of fellowship, and for the planting of Thy 
Church in all the earth. O merciful Father, in whom 
the whole family is named, fill full our hearts with 
grateful love for Thy goodness, granting us grace 
henceforth to serve Thee better, and more perfectly to 
know Thee; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen/' 



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STUDY II: THE WORLD IN THE 
PROPHETS 

5th Day: Prophets of the Persian Period 

What was the attitude of the prophets of the Persian 
Period of Jewish history, toward the world ? Read the 
following passages : 

Zechariah 8 : 18-23. How will the future glory of 
God's worship affect foreign nations? 



Isaiah 56 : 3-8. What is God's attitude toward for- 
eigners living in the Jewish community ? 



Isaiah 60: 1-13. By whom are offerings for God's 
sanctuary to be brought ? 



Isaiah 66: 18-23. What will be the attitude of all 
men toward God when "the time cometh" ? 



Isaiah 25 : 6-8. What blessings are to come to all 
peoples from God's reign upon earth? 



'Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning, 
Long by the prophets of Israel foretold, 

Hail to the millions from bondage returning, 
Gentiles and Jews the blest vision behold." 



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STUDY II: THE WORLD IN THE 
PROPHETS 

6th Day: Jonah 

The Book of Jonah is a wonderful narrative, written 
to enforce the missionary message. The prophet Jonah 
typifies the conservative party of the Jewish people, 
who in spite of the lessons of the Exile, would not ac- 
knowledge that the heathen were as worthy as them- 
selves in the sight of God, and as capable of receiving 
His blessings. 

Read the whole story through, noting the following 
points : 

Jonah 1 : 1, 2. Jonah's missionary call. 



1 : 3-16. His response. 

2 : His remorse over his disobedience. 

3 : He is given another chance. 

4: 1-3. His purpose was not truly missionary. 



4:4-11. The contrast of God's attitude toward 
the heathen. 



What does this story teach about — (1) The infinite 
love of God ? 



(2) The universality of His rule? 



(3) The opportunity and duty of His followers to- 
ward mankind? 



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STUDY II: THE WORLD IN THE 
PROPHETS 

7th Day : The Missionary Prophets 

The prophets themselves were evangelistic mission- 
aries, men whose one duty was to speak for God among 
an indifferent and wicked people. Their lives and 
characters have modern parallels in many men who 
are working for God throughout the world. 

Compare the "calls" received by three of the mis- 
sionaries whose words we have been studying: 

Isaiah 6:1-8. 



Jeremiah 1 : 4-10. 



Ezekiel 1, and 2: 1-3: 11. 



(1) What is the characteristic note in the call and 
commission of each of these men ? 



(2) How did each one answer the call of God? 



Thought for to-day: "God does not want any con- 
scripts. If that is what you are waiting for — to be con" 
scripted — I do not believe that the call will come. 
He wants volunteers — men who will give themselves 
in the spirit of Isaiah, 'Here am I, Lord ; send me.' " 

— R. E. Speer. 



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STUDY III: THE WORLD IN THE 
PSALMS 

1st Day: Psalms 2, 22, and 24 

The Psalms are the product of many minds in many 
periods of Hebrew history. They express the inmost 
feeling's of the individual authors and of the Jewish 
community, but they portray so truly the emotions and 
desires of the human soul at all times, and the universal 
spirit of religion, that they have become the great 
hymn-book of the Christian Church, and the great 
prayer-book for private as well as public devotion. 

What is the attitude of the Psalmists toward the 
world, as shown in the following typical passages ? 

Psalm 2. What is to be the extent of the Messiah's 
rule? 



Psalm 22:22-31. What statement is here given of 
Israel's missionary function? 



Psalm 24: 1. To whom does the world belong? 



The following extracts from the diary and letters of 
James Gilmour, who gave his life to brave, lonely ser- 
vice among the Mongols, show us a glimpse of the 
inner life of one of the greatest missionaries of the 
nineteenth century. 

"October 25, 1886. — I am reading at night, before 
going to bed, the Psalms in a small-print copy of the 
Revised Bible, holding it at arm's length almost, close 
up to a Chinese candle, to suit my eyes, for I cannot 
see small print well now; and I find much strength 
and courage in the old warrior's words. Verily, the 
Psalms are inspired. No doubt about that. None that 
wait on Him will be put to shame. He is here with 
me." — James Gilmour. 



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STUDY III: THE WORLD IN THE 
PSALMS 

2nd Day : Psalms 47 and 65 

What is the attitude toward the world expressed in 
the following Psalms? 

Psalm 47. What does the psalmist say is to be the 
future relation of the world to God ? 



Psalm 65. What longing does the author express 
for all mankind? 



"July 30. How full the Psalms are ! These days J 
am going through them in Chinese, as I said. I takt- 
one each morning and commit some verses of it care- 
fully. Then, during the day, as time permits, I read 
a few more. How one the soul of man is ! When dull, 
and cold, and dead, and feeling as if I could not pray, 
I turn to the Psalms. When most in the Spirit, the 
Psalms meet almost all the needs of expression. . . . 
The greatest proof of the Divine source of the book is 
that it fits the soul as well as a Chubb's key fits the lock 
it was made for." — James Gilmour, 



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STUDY III: THE WORLD IN THE 
PSALMS 

3rd Day: Psalms 67 and 72 

What missionary ideas do you find in the following 
passages ? 

Psalm 67. Why does the psalmist pray for God's 
blessing upon Israel? Note verse 2. 



Psalm 72. How far is the Kingdom to extend? 
What are to be the characteristics of the King's reign ? 



Prayer'. "O God, the Creator and Preserver of all 
mankind, we humbly beseach Thee for all sorts and 
conditions of men, that Thou wouldest be pleased to 
make Thy ways known unto them, Thy saving health 
unto all nations. More especially we pray for Thy 
holy Church universal; that it may be so guided and 
governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and 
call themselves Christians may be led into the way of 
truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond 
of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally we com- 
mend to Thy fatherly goodness all those who are any 
ways afflicted or distressed, in mind, body, or estate, 
that it may please Thee to comfort and relieve them 
according to their several necessities ; giving them pa- 
tience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of 
all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's 
sake. Amen." 



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STUDY III: THE WORLD IN THE 
PSALMS 

4th Day : Psalms 86, 87, and 96 

What is the attitude toward the world in the follow- 
ing: 

Psalm 86:8-10. How does the psalmist say that 
Jehovah compares with other gods? 



Psalm 87 : 4, 6. What heathen nations are men- 
tioned as followers of Jehovah? 



Psalm 96. What missionary ideas are expressed in 
this Psalm? 



"December 29, 1890.— When I feel I cannot make 
headway in devotion, I open at the Psalms and push 
out in my canoe, and let myself be carried along in the 
stream of devotion which flows through the whole 
book. The current always sets toward God, and in 
most places is strong and deep." — James Gilmour. 



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STUDY III: THE WORLD IN THE 
PSALMS 

5th Day : Psalms 97 and 98 

Continue the study of the psalmists' attitude toward 
the world : 

Psalm 97. Who shall pay homage to Jehovah ? 



Psalm 98. How far will the salvation of God be 
carried? 



"July 21, 1890.— Another thing I notice is the dif- 
ference subjective states make in reading the Psalms. 
Sometimes I go over a Psalm and see little in it. At 
another time I go over the same Psalm and find it full 
of richness. How important it is to have the light of 
the Holy Spirit in our scripture reading." — James 
Gilmour. 



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STUDY III: THE WORLD IN THE 
PSALMS 

6th Day : Psalms 100, 102, and 146 

In the following passages note the missionary ideas: 
Psalm 100. Who is here exhorted to praise God? 



Psalm 102: 15-22. What attitude does this Psalmist 
predict that the heathen nations will have toward God ? 



Psalm 146. What will God do for the "submerged 
tenth"? 



"November 17. — My attitude now here is that of 
Psalm 123 : 2-4. I feel that God can perform for, by, 
or rather use me as His instrument in performing, if 
He has a mind to ; so I am looking for His hand, gaz- 
ing about among the people that come to my stand to 
see the ones God has sent. I feel as helpless as a Chi- 
nese farmer in a drought; but when God opens the 
heavens, down it will come. Amen." — James Gil- 
mour. 



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STUDY III: THE WORLD IN THE 
PSALMS 

7th Day : Review 

Read Psalm 145. "Thine is the kingdom and the 
power and the glory forever." 

Sum up the general attitude of all these psalmists, 
whose words we have been studying, on the question 
of foreign missions. 



How does the attitude of the Psalmists compare with 
that of the Prophets ? 



"No feature is more striking in the Psalms than the 
unquestioning and natural directness with which they 
embrace the heathen, the nations, as equally included 
with Israel in the purposes and the kingdom of God.'' 

— Dean R. W. Church. 

"July 28, 1890.— Psalms 123 and 126. I often read 
these Psalms together. And then I think what would 
please me best as a master would be to see my servant 
going ahead, energetically and faithfully, and loyally 
with his work, not moping about downcast. Then is 
not this what God wants in us ? So here goes cheerily 
and trustfully." — James Gilmour. 



What were some of Gilmour's characteristics ? 



See "James Gilmour of Mongolia," edited by Rich- 
ard Lovett. 



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STUDY IV: THE MISSIONARY CHRIST 

1st Day : His Preparation 

The world in the time of Christ was the Roman Em- 
pire, including under its domination the nations of 
Europe, Asia and Africa, from Scotland to Egypt, 
while beyond were the scarcely known Persian, Indian, 
Chinese, and Japanese empires. The known world was 
under one government, the Roman, with one common 
language, Greek ; and communication was made easier 
than ever before by the splendid system of Roman 
roads. 

Jewish communities were scattered everywhere — in 
Syria, Africa, even Rome itself — and in all these com- 
munites synagogues were established for the training 
of the people in the religion of the One God. Men 
of every nation had become Jewish proselytes, and 
came to Jerusalem to worship in the Temple of God, — 
the beautiful Temple built by the heathen Herod to 
placate his Jewish subjects. 

Into a world of glittering heathenism, full of politi- 
cal intrigues, cruel murders, and revengeful plots, into 
an obscure village in a small and unimportant, but 
troublesome and rebellious province, was born a hum- 
ble peasant's child. The names of Augustus, the Em- 
peror, and Herod, the King, have been almost forgot- 
ten, the Roman Empire has long since disappeared, 
but the name and teaching of Jesus have encircled the 
globe and His empire has steadily increased. 

What was the preparation of Jesus Christ for His 

missionary work? 



Read John 3:16, 17. Meditate upon (1) the 
"world," (2) the love of God, (3) the One Sent, and 
(4) the purpose of the sending. 



In the thirty years of private life preceding His pub- 
lic ministry, how was He specially prepared for His 



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missionary work ? Read the following passages : 

Luke 2: 51, 52. Note His station in life, occupation 
(see Mark 6:3) and probable education. 



Mark 1:9-11. His solemn consecration to His 
work. 



Mark 1 : 12-14. The testing of His missionary pur- 
pose. Cf. Hebrews 4: 15, 16. 



"It is something to be a missionary. The morning 
stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted 
for joy when they first saw the field which the first 
missionary was to fill. The great and terrible God 
had an only Son, and He was sent to the earth as a 
missionary physician. It is something to be a follower, 
however feeble, in the wake of the Great Teacher and 
only Model Missionary that ever appeared among 
men." — David Livingstone. 



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STUDY IV: THE MISSIONARY CHRIST 

2nd Day : His Mission Field 

Whom did the Father expect His Son to reach? 
Read John 1 : 10-14, and John 3 : 16, 17. 



What did certain foreigners consider to be His field ? 
John 4: 42. 



To whom did Christ Himself say He had come? 
John 6: 51; 8: 12, 26; 9: 5; 12:47. ' 



Was His thought of the field limited to His own peo- 
ple? John 10:16. 



In the supreme hours of His Passion, what was His 
thought of the field? 
John 14:31; 17:21-23. 



Re-read the introduction to yesterday's study, and 
give a brief summary of the conditions of the field. 



Prayer: O Christ, help us to realize that Thou 
dost completely understand our humanity, and that 
Thou canst uplift even the lowest races of men in the 
darkest places of this earth. Amen. 



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STUDY IV: THE MISSIONARY CHRIST 

3rd Day : His Missionary Motive 

What did Christ say was His missionary motive? 
Luke 2: 49; John 4: 34; 5: 30; 6: 38; 17:4. 



What was the Father's work, judging from His mes- 
sages through prophets, law-givers, and psalmists? 



What class of people did Christ desire to reach? 
Luke 19: 10; 15:4; Matthew 9: 13. 



"A few days ago one of the great financiers of our 
country withdrew several hundred thousand dollars 
of his fortune from a safe and profitable investment, 
and re-invested them in another enterprise. Why? 
Because from careful and sane inquiry he had learned 
that the new enterprise promised a larger percentage of 
return. In a few months his business friends will be 
congratulating him for his sagacity and foresight. The 
case is very similar with some of us who have only a 
life to invest in the Master's enterprise of setting up a 
heavenly kingdom on earth. 

"It is simple, calm judgment that the missionary in- 
vestment of one's life promises the most return — re- 
turn, of course, not as we see it, but as the Master 
views it. Aside from all the personal providences 
which have become a clear guidance, this would seem 
a sufficient answer to the query, Why are you going 
to China?' Very cordially and emphatically can I 
echo the words of Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall, writing 
in a letter after his return from the Haskell Lecture- 
ship in India and Japan: 'For a man adequately 
trained, and gifted with a nature capable of sympathiz- 



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29 



ing with Oriental aspiration, no other use of one's life 
could compare with the possible reach of constructive 
Christian influence opening to one in India, China, or 
Japan to-day/ 

"That is expert opinion on a gilt-edged investment. 
In view of it, it should not seem strange to anyone 
that a single parish in an old New England State should 
be exchanged for a parish nearly as large as New 
Hampshire and Vermont combined, and already dot- 
ted over with twenty native churches, fifty-seven 
chapels and preaching places, and the beginning of 
a strong educational and hospital work, a parish now 
under the charge of a single ordained missionary of 
over sixty years. With quiet, strong buoyancy and 
eagerness, I look toward such an investment of the 
life." — Charles L. Storrs, Jr. (1904.) 



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STUDY IV: THE MISSIONARY CHRIST 

4th Day: Jesus Christ, the Educational Missionary 

In its outward form, Jesus' method of teaching was 
similar to that of other teachers of His time. What 
was that method? Matthew 5 : 1, 2. 



Read Matthew 5 : 3-12 for an example of the short, 
pithy sayings He often used. 



Matthew 5 : 20. He often used examples to enforce 
His points. What example is here given? 



Mark 9 : 36, 37. He often used object lessons. 



Matthew 13. What method used by Jesus is par- 
ticularly noteworthy ? 



Read Matthew 5:43-45; Luke 10:36, 37, and John 
15: 12-17, and state how Jesus' teaching of the rela- 
tion of man to God and to his fellowmen differed from 
that of current Jewish teaching. 



Matthew 7 : 28, 29, and John 3 : 2. How was Jesus' 
teaching regarded by His hearers ? 



Mark 3: 13-19; 4: 10, 11; 9:2 and 28, 29. From 
these references, what should you say was the most im- 
portant part of Jesus' work as an educational mission- 
ary? 



For excellent examples of the methods used by mod- 
ern missionary teachers, see Hume: "Missions from 
the Modern View," Chapters VII. and VIII. 



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STUDY IV: THE MISSIONARY CHRIST 

5th Day : Jesus Christ, the Medical Missionary 

How do the evangelists describe Jesus, the medical 
missionary ? Read the following passages : 

Matthew 4: 23-25; 

8:16; 

9:35; 
14:35,36; 
Mark 1 :29-34 ; 

6:55,56; 
Luke 9:11. 



Of thirty-six recorded miracles, twenty-six were 
miracles of healing. 

What was the purpose of His healing? Matthew 
9 : 6 and 36. 



How important did Jesus Himself consider His min- 
istry of healing? Matthew 10:1; 11:3-5; Mark 
16:18. 



"God had an only Son, and He gave Him to be a 
missionary and a physician. A poor, poor imitation 
of Him I am, or wish to be. In His service I hope to 
live, in it I wish to die." — David Livingstone. 

"There is a language which all can understand, and 
which carries a message which every man cares, sooner 
or later, to hear. From the moment the medical mis- 
sionary sets foot on his chosen field, he is master of 



32 THE WORD AND THE WORLD 

this universal language, this unspoken tongue of the 
heart, and is welcome to the home of strangers. The 
simple Arab lifts for him the curtain of his goat's-hair 
tent and bids him enter. The mandarin calls him to 
his palace, the peasant begs him to come to his lonely 
cabin, the Brahmin leads him to the recesses of his 
zenana. . . . Heal the bodily ailments of the 
heathen in the name of Christ, and you are sure, at 
least, that He will love you and bless you, and all that 
you say will have a meaning and a power not con- 
veyed by other lips." — Dr. G. E. Post, Syria. 

For an illustration of modern medical work, see the 
quarterly magazine "Among* the Deep Sea Fishers." 
This magazine prints the Log of the S. S. Strathcona, 
fhe hospital ship, and gives other accounts of the 
work done on the coast of Labrador by Dr. Wilfred T. 
Grenfell. Address Bryant Press, 44 Richmond Street 
W., Toronto, Canada. 



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STUDY IV: THE MISSIONARY CHRIST 

6th Day: Jesus Christ, the Evangelistic 
Missionary 

In how many of the previous references to Jesus' 
work was preaching mentioned, as well as teaching and 
healing ? 



What was the substance of Jesus' preaching? Mat- 
thew 4: 17, and Mark 1 : 14 and 15. 



What were the "good tidings," or "gospel" ? 



Like so many of His followers in the East to-day, 
Jesus did much itinerant preaching. For example, see 
Mark 2 : 2 and Matthew 11:1. 



Jesus made use of every occasion to proclaim the 
gospel. Often His most profound sermons were 
preached in ordinary conversations with the lowliest 
persons. See John 4 : 5-26. 



"The evangelist is needed on both sides of the globe, 
but the missionary evangelist is specially needed in 
the Christian communities which God is raising up in 
non-Christian lands." "The whole Christian world 
to-day, especially the great mission fields, needs men 
and women who are willing and ready to spend and 
be spent in making Christ known to individuals." — 
Bishop J. M. Thoburn, of India. 

For a description of methods of evangelistic work 
see Peery: The Gist of Japan, Chapter 13. 



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STUDY IV: THE MISSIONARY CHRIST 

7th Day: The Death of the Divine Missionary 

Did Jesus meet death of His own free will? Read 
Mark 10: 32-34; John 10: 17, 18. 



In His last discourses, whose interests are upper- 
most in His mind? John 14-17. 



When He was arrested, of whom was He thinking? 
Luke 22: 50, 51. 



What was Jesus' attitude at His trial? John 18: 
33-37. 



Even at the Crucifixion, for whom does He pray and 
plan ? Luke 23 : 34, 42, 43 ; John 19 : 26, 27. 



How was a Roman soldier affected by His death? 
Mark 15:39. 



What did Jesus expect would be the ultimate out- 
come of His death ? John 12 : 32. 



After His victory over death, how did He plan to 
accomplish His purpose for the world? Matthew 28: 
19, 20; John 20:21. 



"The Son of God goes forth to war, 
A kingly crown to gain ; 

His blood-red banner streams afar, 
Who follows in His train?" 



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STUDY V: THE WORLD-WIDE TEACH- 
ING OF CHRIST 

1st Day: His Missionary Parables 

In the previous Study we learned something: of the 
methods of Christ's teaching. This week we are to 
study what He taught concerning the world. 

To what does He liken Christians, and how far does 
He expect their influence to spread? Matthew 5: 
13, 14. 



What is to be the method of extending the Kingdom 
of God? Mark 4: 14-20. 



How does He describe the growth of the Kingdom 
upon earth ? Mark 4 : 26-32 ; Luke 13 : 20, 21. 



What fundamental relationships does He emphasize 
which affect the Christian's outlook on the world? 
Luke 10:27; 11:2. 



"Had Protestant missionaries done nothing else in 
China than prepare and publish the books issued by 
them in Chinese ; start the schools ; written the books in 
English, containing narratives of their own travels, and 
accounts of the natives, and of their religious customs 
and manners; translated native works; instructed the 
youth of both sexes, and founded hospitals and dis- 
pensaries — had these, we say, been the. only things ac- 
complished by Protestant missionaries, they would have 
done a noble work; but added to all these more secu- 
lar labors is the directly religious work of preaching 
the gospel, tract and Bible distribution, visiting, gather- 
ing together the converts, etc., all of which, though 
less appreciated by the general mercantile community 
of China, has been as signally successful as the other 
class of undertakings." — J. Dyer Ball, Esq., of Hong 
Kong, of the British civil service, quoted byR.E. Speer 
in "Missionary Principles and Practices," p, 176. 



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STUDY V: THE WORLD-WIDE TEACH- 
ING OF CHRIST 

2nd Day: His Missionary Parables (Continued) 

What missionary motive does Christ advocate in 
Luke 10:30-37? 



How do the three parables in Luke 15 apply to mis- 
sionary work to-day? 



Read Matthew 13 : 36-39. How does this explana- 
tion fit modern conditions ? 



John 10: 1-16. What missionary ideas are brought 
out in this parable? 



"Then the letter goes on to say that God is like a 
rich man who had two boys. The younger boy had got 
into bad company, and was not contented, and made 
much trouble. He kept nagging his father and saying, 
'Father, there is no fun here in this little village; no 
chance to make much money, or to get a reputation. I 
want to go to Bombay. That is a big place where there 
is lots of fun, and chances to make money. Let me 
have some money and go there. Some day you will 
see me come back with a big bag of money.' But the 
father replied, 'My boy, I have lived longer than you. 
It is easier to lose money than to make it. Those com- 
panions of yours are not good. They are sure to get 
you into trouble.' But the boy kept nagging his father, 
and at last he got his money and went off. He thought 
he was going to have a grand time. He had fun for 
a while. But his companions fleeced him. He lost all 
his money, and pawned his clothes and fell sick. And 
plague and famine all around made him think he would 
die. Then he said, T am a fool. Here I am dying with 
hunger, and even the servants at home have plenty of 
everything. I will go home.' So he started. But 
when he came near to the house he thought how his 



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older brother and the servants might laugh, and say, 
'A big bag of money he has brought.' So he felt 
ashamed and stopped a moment behind a tree. But, 
Gangaram, what had been happening in that house all 
those days? Every day the mother had cried. Every 
single day the father's heart had been heavy. If he 
knew of anyone's going to Bombay he would say. 'If 
you see my boy, tell him his mother is dying for lack 
of him, and tell him to come home.' And at the mo- 
ment that the boy stood hesitating under the tree, the 
father was thinking, Where is my boy now?' And as 
he looked out he said, 'Who is that? It looks like my 
boy,' and down the road he ran, and they both threw 
their arms around one another and both cried. The 
boy said, 'Father, I have been a naughty boy. I have 
made you and mother sorry. I have wasted your 
money. I do not ask you to take me into the family 
again. But please try me as a servant.' Then the 
father said, 'My boy, my boy ! Don't you say another 
word. Your mother will be a new woman to-day. 
Come right into the house/ And he pulled him in and 
left him with his mother in an inner room, where both 
could cry and be glad, while he went and told the ser- 
vants, 'Make a great dinner to-day. This is the hap- 
piest day this house has ever known. This son of ours 
who was as good as dead is alive again and at home.' " 
— R. A. Hume : Missions from the Modern View. 



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STUDY V: THE WORLD-WIDE TEACH- 
ING OF CHRIST 

3rd Day: His Missionary Prayers 

What one definite thing did Christ command His 
disciples to pray for ? Matthew 9 : 36-38. 



"So wonderful is the surrender of His work into the 
hands of His Church, so dependent has the Lord made 
Himself on them as His body, through whom alone 
His work can be done, so real is the power which the 
Lord gives 4 His people to exercise in heaven and earth, 
that the number of the laborers and the measure of the 
harvest do actually depend on their prayer." — Andrew 
Murray. 

What important petitions does He place first in the 
Model Prayer? Matthew 6; 10. 



What do these petitions really mean ? 



What method does He recommend to missionaries in 
difficult places? Luke 18: 1-8. 



What is the condition upon which answer to prayer 
depends? John 15 : 7. 



What references to the world did Christ make in His 
Intercessory Prayer? John 17: 21, 23. 



"You do not believe in missions? All right, God 
does. He gave the best He had, He sent Christ for the 
world. If you are consistent you must not pray the 
Lord's prayer, for that is a missionary prayer. And 
you must be silent in the Doxology and the Gloria 
Patri, for these are missionary songs. Be consistent, 
just live up to your belief." — Robert A. Hume, D.D. 



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39 



STUDY V: THE WORLD-WIDE TEACH- 
INGS OF CHRIST 

4th Day: Christ's Missionary Invitation 

Whom did Christ invite to be His followers ? Read 
the following passages: 

Matthew 1 1 : 28-30 ; John 6 : 35 ; 7 : 37 ; 8 : 12. 



Were those who followed Him limited to people of 
His own Nation ? Matthew 8:5; 15 : 22, 28 ; John 4 ; 
12:20-50; Matthew 27: 54. 



"Lord, speak to me, that I may speak 

In living echoes of Thy tone; 
As Thou hast sought, so let me seek 
Thy erring children, lost and lone. 

"O use me, Lord, use even me, 

Just as Thou wilt, and when, and where; 
Until Thy blessed face I see, 

Thy rest, Thy joy, Thy glory share." 

Francis Ridley Havergal. 



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STUDY V: THE WORLD-WIDE TEACH- 
ING OF CHRIST 

5th Day : Christ's Vision of the Future 

Whom will Christ's judgment include? Matthew 
16: 27; 25: 31-46. 



Whom does His vision of the future include? 
Matthew 24: 14; Mark 14: 9 ; Luke 13 : 28-30. 



Prayer: "Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who 
hast purchased an universal Church by the precious 
blood of Thy Son, we thank Thee that Thou hast called 
us into the same and made us members of Christ, chil- 
dren of God, and inheritors of the Kingdom of 
Heaven. Look now, we beseech Thee, upon Thy 
Church, and take from it division and strife, and what- 
soever hinders Godly union and concord. Fill us with 
Thy love, and guide us by Thy Holy Spirit, that we 
may attain to that oneness for which Thy Son, our 
Lord Jesus Christ, prayed on the night of His betrayal, 
who with Thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reign- 
eth, one God, world without end. Amen." — Prayer 
of Japanese Christians. 



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STUDY V: THE WORLD-WIDE TEACH- 
ING OF CHRIST 

6th Day: His Missionary Command 

Read Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24: 
45-49. 

What does Christ here command His disciples to do, 
and where ? Note that this is a summary of His whole 
teaching. 



Compare this command with His teachings in the 
following passages : 

Luke 9:57-62; Luke 12:48; John 4:35; 9:4; 21: 
15-17. 



The early Church believed that this commission to 
go and preach the gospel was for the whole Church, 
and every man, woman, and child felt it a bounden 
duty to make Christ known everywhere. The Chris- 
tians of the first century did more than any generation 
of Christians since have done to evangelize the whole 
world. They reached all parts of the then-known 
world, and all classes of society from the slave to the 
high official. They met and conquered the greatest ob- 
stacles, and endured severe persecutions. 

"Is it right to keep the Gospel to ourselves ?" — Welz. 



42 THE WORD AND THE WORLD 

STUDY V: THE WORLD-WIDE TEACH- 
INGOF CHRIST 

7th Day: Encouragements to Missionary Service 

The life of a missionary, either in the home-land or 
in the uttermost parts of the earth, is not an easy life. 
What encouragement does Christ give to His disciples? 

Matthew 5:11, 12; 

10:24, 25; 

28:20; 
Mark 10:28-31; 

10:43-45; 
Luke 9:22; 

21:12-19. 

"I said, 'Let me walk in the fields'; 
He said, 'Nay, walk in the town'; 
I said, 'There are no flowers there'; 
He said, 'No flowers, but a crown.' 

"I said, 'But the sky is black, 

There is nothing but noise and din'; 
But He wept, as He sent me back — 

'There is more,' He said, 'There is sin.' 

"I said, 'But the air is thick 

And fogs are veiling the sun' ; 

He answered, 'Yet souls are sick, 

And souls in the dark undone.' 

"I said, T shall miss the light, 

And friends will miss me, they say'; 
He answered me. 'Choose to-night, 
If I am to miss you, or they.' 

"I pleaded for time to be given ; 
He said, 'Is it hard to decide? 
It will not seem hard in heaven 

To have followed the steps of your guid<* ' 

"I cast one look at the fields, 

Then set my face to the town ; 
He said: 'My child, do you yield? 

Will you leave the flowers for the crown?' 

"Then into His hand went mine, 
And into my heart came He, 
And I walk in a light divine 
The path I had feared to see." 

— George Macdonald. 



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STUDY VI: THE MISSIONARY 
APOSTLES 

1st Day: Pentecost 

What was the "program of missions" which the 
apostles were to follow ? Acts 1 : 8. 



How was the motive-power for carrying out this 
program received by them? Read Acts 2: 1-21. 



What nationalities were represented in the gathering" 
at Jerusalem for the Jewish feast on the day of Pente- 
cost? 



This was the ancient feast called "feast of harvest" 
(Exodus 23: 16), "day of first fruits," (Numbers 28: 
26), and "feast of weeks" (Exodus 34:22 and Deu- 
teronomy 16:9-12). 

Consider the missionary efforts which the Jewish 
religion had itself put forth to win converts from so 
many different nations. 

It is interesting to notice that this list includes nearly 
all the nations to whom the gospel was afterwards 
carried by the apostles. 



44 THE WORD AND THE WORLD 

STUDY VI: THE MISSIONARY 
APOSTLES 

2nd Day: Peter's First Missionary Sermon 

Read Acts 2 : 14-36. Peter was primarily the apos- 
tle to the Jews. 

What was the result of his preaching in the lives 
of the foreigners present ? Acts 2 : 37-42. 



The "sojourners from Rome" probably carried the 

gospel back with them. They may have been the real 

founders of the Christian Church in the Imperial City. 

Read Acts 2: 43-47. Note that their missionary 

work continued "day by day." 



"Behold this nation to whom I owe so much without 
the hope which through their means I am blessed with ! 
Let me hold up to them the word of life, if perad- 
venture God may have mercy upon them and disperse 
the blindness which has happened unto Israel." — 
Bishop Sumner. 

For a summary of present Missions to the Jews, see 
H. P. Beach: A Geography and Atlas of Protestant 
Missions, Vol. I., pp. 516-526. 



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STUDY VI: THE MISSIONARY 
APOSTLES 

3rd Day: Peter and John as Medical Missionaries 

What miracle of healing is recorded of Peter and 
John in Acts 3: 1-10? 



Read Acts 3: 11-26, Peter's second sermon. 



What were the results of this medical work? Acts 
4: 1-22. 



Upon whom did these early missionaries depend? 
Acts 4: 23-31. 



What command were they fulfilling in this medical 
work? Acts 5: 12-16. 



What persecutions did they undergo? Acts 5 : 17-42. 



"Throughout the East, sickness is believed to be 
the work of demons. The sick person at once be- 
comes an object of loathing and terror, is put out of 
the house, is poorly fed and rarely visited, or the 
astrologers, or priests, or medicine-men, or wizards, 
assemble, beating big drums and gongs, blowing horns 
and making the most fearful noises. They light gigan- 
tic fires and dance round them with their unholy in- 
cantations. They beat the sick person with clubs to 
drive out the demon. They lay him before a roasting 
fire till his skin is blistered, and then throw him into 
cold water. They stuff the nostrils of the dying with 
aromatic mixtures or mud, and in some regions they 
carry the chronic sufferer to a mountain top, placing 
barley-balls and water beside him, and leave him to 
die alone. The woe and sickness in the unchristian- 
ized world are beyond telling." "Every minute eighty- 
three of our Christless brethren and sisters are passing 
into eternity," — Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop. 



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STUDY VI: THE MISSIONARY 
APOSTLES 

4th Day: Stephen the Martyr Missionary 

Read Acts 6:8-15. What were the false accusations 
against Stephen? 



Acts 7: 1-53. What was his line of defence? What 
was the ruling principle of his life? 



Acts 7 \ 54 — 8: 3. Describe his martyrdom. 



Who was the first apostle to suffer martyrdom? 
Acts 12: 1-2. 



"The martyr first whose eagle eye 

Could pierce beyond the grave, 
Who saw his Master in the sky 

And called on Him to save. 
Like Him, with pardon on his tongue 

In midst of mortal pain, 
He prayed for them that did the wrong; 

Who follows in His train?" 



For modern examples, see Beach: Princely Men in 
the Heavenly Kingdom, Chapter VI. 



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47 



STUDY VI: THE MISSIONARY 
APOSTLES 

5th Day: The Missionary Philip 

What kind of missionary work did Philip do? Acts 
8:4-13. 



How did Peter and John assist him? Acts 8 : 14-25. 



Describe his winning of a prominent African to 
Christ. Acts 8 : 26-40. 



Afrer leaving: the eunuch, Philip went to Azotus and 
then travelled along the coast to Caesarea, preaching 
in all the cities. He probably settled at Caesarea and 
built up the Christian society which he found already 
established there. Tradition places him after this at 
Hierapolis in Phrygia, where he is said to have con- 
tinued the work of Epapluas and Paul. Eusebius, 
quoting Polycrates, speaks of him as "Philip, one of 
the twelve apostles, who sleeps in Hierapolis." 

"Samuel Adjai Crowther is another conspicuous 
trophy of African missions. Born of the relatively 
inferior Yorubas, west of the lower Niger, he was cap- 
tured by Fulah slaves in 1821, traded for a horse, con- 
signed to a Portuguese slave ship, liberated by an Eng- 
lish man-of-war, placed in a mission school at Free 
Town, Sierra Leone, taken to England to complete 
his education, sent as a missionary to his own people 
along the Niger, consecrated Bishop of the Niger in 
Canterbury Cathedral in 1864, transferred to his eternal 
reward December 31, 1891. Such, in brief, is the 
biography of an African slave and Christian freeman, 
— one of the great missionary characters of the nine- 
teenth century." — W. S. Naylor: Daybreak in the 
Dark Continent. 



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STUDY VI: THE MISSIONARY 
APOSTLES 

6th Day: Peter's Mission to the Gentiles. 

Read Acts 9 : 32-34, for another example of Peter's 
medical work. 



Through what power did he perform this wonder- 
ful miracle ? Acts 9 : 36-43. 



Dr. Frank Van Allen, of Madura, India, says: 
"We aim to have a thoroughly Christian air pervade 
the hospital. This is not resented, so nearly as we 
know, by anyone. We believe that the strictest and 
most devout Hindus or Mohammedans in our district 
have more faith in our treatment by their knowing 
that we in prayer ask God's blessing on the medicine." 

Describe Peter's call to preach to the Gentiles, his 
response, and the results. Acts 10: Ml : 18. 



What did Peter suffer for his zeal for Christ ? Acts 
12:3-19. 



What testimony did he give as to the ability of the 
Gentiles to become Christians without first becoming 
Jews? Acts 15:7-11. 



Peter probably spent some time in the ancient city 
of Babylon, ministering to the Jewish colony there 
(1 Peter 5 : 13), and we may safely accept it as a fact 
that he spent the last years of his life at Rome. 

Andrew, Peter's brother, is said to have labored in 
Cappadocia, Galatia, Bithynia, and in Scythia, Thrace, 
and Macedonia; Matthew and Bartholomew in Ara- 
bia ; Matthias in Ethiopia ; James the son of Alphaeus 



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in Egypt; Simon Zelotes in Mauritania and Lybia; 
Judas Thaddeus in Mesopotamia; Thomas in the dis- 
trict adjoining Parthia, and John in Lesser Asia. 

Prayer: "Father of mercies, Who to Thine apostle 
Saint Peter didst reveal in threefold vision Thy bound- 
less compassion, forgive, we pray Thee, our unbelief, 
and so enlarge our hearts and enkindle our zeal that 
we may fervently desire the salvation of all men, and 
with ready diligence, labor in the extension of Thy 
kingdom ; for His sake Who gave Himself for the life 
of the world, Thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. 
Amen." 



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STUDY VI: THE MISSIONARY 
APOSTLES 

7th Day: Laymen as Missionaries 

Read Acts 1 1 : 19-30. Every Christian was a mis- 
sionary, he not only tried to live a conscientious per- 
sonal life himself, but he sought also to make known 
to others the teachings of Christ and His salvation 
from sin. 

"It is a habit in almost every Zulu church for men 
and women, by the dozen or more, to go out after a 
sermon, and either repeat it or give some other Chris- 
tian message in kraals or schoolhouses anywhere from 
two to ten miles distant. And they can do this, and 
do it effectively. There are few dumb Christians 
among them. "-Report of American Board Deputation. 

In Korea, the Rev. Graham Lee says: "We have 
tried to teach them from the very inception of the 
enterprise, that if a man believed in Jesus Christ he 
was in duty bound not to put a muzzle on his mouth, 
but to go and tell someone else. Do you know how it 
works? A man does not have to be paid a salary to 
get him to preach Jesus Christ. From the very begin- 
ning it has been so. When a man became a Christian, 
he would go and tell someone else. He might be 
walking along the road and would meet a man and get 
into conversation with him, and introduce himself 
according to the Korean method, and by and by, he 
would ask, 'Do you believe in Jesus ?' — c J esus ? — 
who's Jesus ?' — And have you never heard of Jesus ?' 
And then he would begin to tell him all he knew about 
Jesus, and perhaps he would go to the inn at night, 
and there as he sat in the little room, when the oppor- 
tunity came the question would ring out again, 'Do 
you believe in Jesus?' and again would come the an- 
swering response, 'Jesus? Who's Jesus?' 'And 
haven't you heard who Jesus is ?" and the old, old story 
would be repeated." 

— World-wide Evangelization, pp. 394, 395. 

What philanthropic work interested these early lay- 
missionaries ? Acts 11 : 27-30. 



Compare India, China and Japan to-day. From 
Japan, Dr. J. H. DeForest, of Sendai, writes : " In 
these three provinces-Miyagi, Fukushina, Iwate-there 



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are some forty-six counties, thirty-five of which are in 
need of aid, and in some of these counties over half the 
population are very near the edge of starvation, and tens 
of thousands are actually without to-day's food. Now 
we have been cordially introduced from the governors 
to the heads of these counties, to whom we take in 
fair proportion the money contributed through us, 
with the request that it be turned into cheap food and 
given as rapidly as possible to those villages that are 
in direst need." 



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STUDY VII: PAUL THE MISSIONARY 

1st Day: His Call 

Read Acts 9 : 1-30, and describe Paul's call to mis- 
sionary service. 



Was his call merely outward? 



What were its inward effects upon him? 



How did the other missionaries feel toward him? 



What proved the reality of his missionary purpose? 



Compare the conversion of "Paul the Apostle of the 
Congo." — W. S. Naylor : Daybreak in the Dark Con- 
tinent, pp. 255-257. 



Prayer: "Almighty Saviour, Who at mid-day didst 
call thy servant Saint Paul to be an apostle to the 
Gentiles ; we beseech Thee, illumine the world with the 
radiance of Thy glory, that all nations may come and 
worship Thee, who art with the Father and the Holy 
Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen." 



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STUDY VII: PAUL THE MISSIONARY 

2nd Day: His Preparation 

Describe the various elements which entered into his 
preparation for his misionary work. 



How did his citizenship fit him for service? Acts 
21:39; 22:27, 28. 



What use did he make of his trade? Acts 18: 1, 3 ; 
2 Corinthians 11:9; 1 Thessalonians 2 : 9. 



How did his early training help him ? Acts 22 : 3 ; 
1 Corinthians 9 : 20 ; Acts 15 : 21 ; 18 : 14 ; 19 : 8. 



What early characteristic did he carry into his work 
for Christ ? Acts 8 : 3 ; 9 : 1, 2 ; Galatians 1 : 13, 23, 24. 



What special preparation did he receive for his mis- 
sionary work ? 1 Corinthians 9:1; 1 1 : 23 ; Galatians 
1:12; 1:17. 



For the preparation necessary for the modern mis- 
sionary, see the Reports of the Toronto and Nash- 
ville Student Volunteer Conventions ; also "Call, Quali- 
fications and Preparation of Missionary Candidates." 
"Counsel to New Missionaries;" and Brown: "The 
Foreign Missionary," 



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STUDY VII: PAUL THE MISSIONARY 

3rd Day: His Missionary Motives 

What motives led Paul to enter the missionary ser- 
vice? Galatians 1:15, 16; Romans 15:15, 16; Acts 
26: 16, 19; Romans 1 : 13-16; 2 Timothy 2: 10. 



What great need appealed to him? Acts 17: 16, 17, 
29; Romans 1 : 23, 25. 



What was his supreme motive ? 2 Corinthians 5 : 
14, 15. 



"All men need Christ. We have Christ. We owe 
Christ to all men. To know our duty and not to do it 
is sin." — J. R. Mott. 

Modern examples of messengers called by God are 
countless. Note the motives which led these mission- 
aries into the service: — 

David Livingstone: "The resolution to give him- 
self came from his reading an Appeal by Mr. Gutzlofr" 
to the Churches of Britain and America on behalf of 
China. It was 'the claims of so many millions of his 
fellow-creatures, and the complaints of the scarcity, of 
the want of qualified missionaries,' that led him to as- 
pire to the office." — Blaikie: Life of Livingstone, pp. 
30, 31. 

John Kenneth Mackenzie: "He had been greatly 
moved by the memories of two Chinese missionaries, 
William Burns, and Dr. Henderson, and he had been 
led to desire for himself a similar life. Returning one 
night from a theatre-meeting of unusual interest he 
confided to Col. Duncan his new desire. The Colonel's 
response, 'You are still very young; would it not be 
well to go in for the study of medicine and in the course 



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of time go out to China as a medical missionary?' was 
to Mackenzie the voice of God." — Beach: Princely 
Men in the Heavenly Kingdom, p. 50. 

Irene Petrie: "Widely differing conceptions of 
Irene's many-sided individuality must have been 
formed by those about her. To some she seemed a 
highly cultured woman, never at a loss if the talk 
turned on books ;to others she seemed to belong entirely 
to the world of sweet sound, most truly herself when 
contributing to a concert; ... to others she was 
first of all an artist, keenest about pictures, and look- 
ing out on all sides for possible sketches ; others saw 
in her a church worker on the platform giving a telling 
temperance address to Band of Hope children, or 
workingmen and women in the East End, or a mis- 
sionary address, not only overflowing with enthusiasm 
but well reasoned and well-informed, or a Bible lecture 
or a model lesson to Sunday school teachers that 
showed her aptitude for teaching. But to most peo- 
ple, after all, she was a popular girl in society. . . . 

"The final resolve was arrived at in October, 1891, 
during the last of a particularly delightful round of 
northern visits, on which Irene and her guitar had 
been more than ever in request. At Rickerly, in Cum- 
berland, she met Mr. Robert Wilder, the founder of 
the Student Volunteer Movement at the Universities. 
There the clear call to leave the home life was heard 
and answered, but she did not speak yet, not till Feb- 
ruary 14, 1892. . . . She was sitting in the fire- 
light that Sunday evening ... as she told that it 
was her heart's desire to be an honorary missionary 
of the Church Missionary Society, saying : ' I am 
willing to go anywhere, but the more I read, the more 
I see that India generally, and the Punjab specially, 
is the place where the fight is hottest and the need of 
reinforcements greatest.' " — Wilson: A Woman's Life 
for Kashmir : Irene Petrie. 



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STUDY VII: PAUL THE MISSIONARY 

4th Day: His Field 

I. The Condition of the Field. 

How does Paul describe the moral conditions of the 
Roman Empire ? Romans 1 : 28-32. 



What hints does he give as to the intellectual condi- 
tions of his field? Acts 17:16-21; 1 Corinthians 1: 
20-25. 



What social conditions did Paul have to deal with? 
1 Corinthians 7:20-24; Titus 2:9, 10; Acts 17: 12. 



What was the prevailing heathen estimate of these 
classes ? 



What was the social status of Christians? Acts 
28:22. 

Of Jews? Acts 16:20. 



How did the political situation affect missionary- 
work? Acts 12:1-3; 18:12-17. 



What were the religious conditions of the Roman 
Empire? Acts 2:8-11; 14:12, 13; 16:16; 17:23, 
19:26-35; 28:4. 11. 



For illustrations of modern conditions on the mis- 
sion field, see 

R. E. Speer : Missions and Politics in Asia. 

R. H. Nassau ; Fetichism in West Africa. 

J. P. Jones : India's Problem ; Krishna or Christ. 

J. S. Dennis : Christian Missions and Social Prog- 
ress. 



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STUDY VII: PAUL THE MISSIONARY 

5th Day: His Field (Continued) 

II. The Extent of the Field. 

What did Paul consider to be the extent of his field 
as shown by his three missionary journeys? 



1. Acts 13 and 14. 

2. Acts 15:36-18:22. 

3. Acts 18:23-21:16. 



read these passages rapidly and note the regions 
which he reached. Note that he followed the natural 
current of commerce and civilization from East to 
West. The first journey (45-50 A. D.), was especially 
significant, as Paul then began his distinct work among 
the Gentiles and founded the churches in Galatia. On 
the second journey (51-54 A. D.), he revisited the 
churches already established, and carried the gospel 
for the first time into Europe. On his third journey 
(54-58 A. D.), he started out to evangelize the province 
of Asia which he had been prevented from visiting on 
his second tour, and spent a good deal of time in 
Ephesus, and Macedonia, and Corinth. 

Where did he aim to preach the gospel? Romans 
15:19-24. 



The field of a single one of the great foreign Mis- 
sions Boards, — the American Board of Commission- 
ers for Foreign Missions, — includes 76,000,000 people 
in 20 Missions, almost as many people as there are in 
the United States of America. 



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STUDY VII: PAUL THE MISSIONARY 

6th Day: His Methods of Missionary Work 

What use did Paul make of medical work? Acts 
14:8-18; 16:16-18; 19:11, 12. 



As an educational missionary what methods did he 
use ? 2 Timothy 1:11 and 1 Corinthians 11:1; Acts 
20: 17-35; The Pauline Epistles. 



Of what importance did Paul regard preaching in 
missionary work? Galatians 1 : 16; Romans 15 : 19. 



On his missionary journeys he carried on a system- 
atic evangelistic campaign. 

As examples of his sermons, read the following: — 

(1) To Hellenic Jews,— Acts 13: 14-43. 

(2) To heathen Athenians,— Acts 17:22-34. 

Paul believed in " personal work," for an example 
see Acts 16:23-34. 



As a missionary pastor he was very successful. Al- 
though the various churches which he established had 
their own local officers, yet they were under his pas- 
toral care (2 Corinthians 11 : 28), he loved them (Phil- 
lipians 4:1), and constantly showed his interest in 
them by sending them letters of instruction, reoroof, 
or encouragement. 



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STUDY VII; PAUL THE MISSIONARY 

7th Day: His Sufferings and Martyrdom 

What difficulties and dangers did Paul encounter in 
his missionary work ? 2 Corinthians 11 : 23-28. 



Soon after the close of his third missionary journey 
came Paul's arrest and imprisonment (Acts 21-26), 
and his eventful journey to Rome, when, although a 
prisoner, he was the commanding force on the ship 
during the perils of shipwreck. For two years after 
his arrival in Rome, he lived in ''his own hired dwell- 
ing," and preached and taught freely (Acts 28 : 30, 31). 
With this statement the narrative in Acts closes, but 
we may fairly infer that his death took place not far 
from the end of the "two years." As to the date and 
manner of his death we have no certain information. 
It is natural to suppose that he was condemned for the 
offence for which he was on trial, namely, instigating 
riots (Acts 24: 5), and that the manner of his death 
was beheading, as he was a Roman citizen. 

Thus died the greatest Christian missionary, who 
brought to his task unusual endowments of mind, edu- 
cation, and social standing; remarkable qualities of 
courage, zeal, and command over men, together with 
supreme devotion to his Master. His greatest legacy 
to Christianity, aside from his example of service and 
his missionary writings, is his overcoming of the Jew- 
ish exclusiveness of the early Church, and his initiation 
of world-wide evangelization. 

What was the secret of his success in winning men 
to Jesus Christ? Phillippians 3: 13,14; 1 Corinthians 
2:2. 



• "You cannot read Christ's message and stop where 
you please. It binds you as with a chain and carries 
you forward. Visions received on the way to Damas- 
cus carry Paul to all lands and over all seas. * * * 
Eternal life is only the beginning. Eternal life must 



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sell and give to the poor, and follow Christ in all lands, 
up new Calvaries, 'With the cross that turns not 
back.' 

"What shall I do to inherit eternal life ? the modern 
college man will ask. And before the answer is com- 
plete, he will be standing by James Hannington, the 
Cambridge man; or Coleridge Patterson, the pure- 
minded son of Eton; or Horace Tracy Pitkin, who 
glorified Yale's blue flag by a missionary's life and a 
martyr's death in China. What shall I do to inherit 
eternal life? So you will ask, and the answer will 
come when you take your place in East London with 
Arnold Toynbee, or in Darkest Africa with Robert 
Moffat and David Livingstone. Obedience to Christ 
begins by giving Him supreme leadership over per- 
sonal life; it ends only in sharing His plan to redeem 
the world." — Bishop William F. McDowell, D.D. 



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STUDY VIII: MISSIONARY WRITINGS 
OF THE APOSTLES 

1st Day : The First Epistle of Peter 

The object of this Study is two-fold, (1) to see the 
people to whom the apostles wrote, who they were, and 
what their characteristics were as shown in these letters 
to them, and (2) to learn the method of instruction 
used by the apostles and the doctrines they taught. 
Only brief examples can be given; it is hoped that 
these will stimulate the students to further study of the 
Epistles. 

Read the First Epistle of Peter through rapidly. 

To whom was it written? 1:1. 



Where was it written ? 5:13. 



Peter had evidently heard that the churches were 
suffering persecution. 

What points does he emphasize in this letter ? 
1 Peter 1:13-16; 2; 13; 3: 14; 4: 2; 4: 13. 



What classes of persons does he especially address? 
1 Peter 2: 18; 3: 1; 3:7; I Peter 3:8; 5:1; 5:5. 



What attitude does the apostle show toward these 
suffering Christians? 



"Sixty years ago, into a missionary college in Bom- 
bay went the youngest son of a noble house, the young- 
est and the only surviving one of seven sons, the one 
in whom a widowed mother put all her hope and all 
her trust, the one for whom that widowed mother, 
though a fire-worshipper, still made vows at all the 
shrines of the city of Bombay, and even, as she thought, 



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at the shrine of the Christians' God, in a little Roman 
Catholic chapel there. Here, through the ministration 
of one of God's saints, the Rev. George Valentine, of 
the Church Missionary Society, that young Zoroastian 
was led to Christ. One day the fifth chapter of the 
Gospel of St. Matthew was opened before him. That 
was a lofty ideal presented to him. He was acquainted 
with the heathen doctrine of an eye for an eye, and a 
tooth for a tooth, but this Christian ideal was something 
so matchless that it took possession of his heart. He 
came to the consciousness that for him there was noth- 
ing to do but to forsake all and follow Christ. That 
meant leaving home and friends, leaving that mother 
than whom there was no dearer being to him in all the 
world. It meant his going forth to persecution, to 
loneliness, to sorrow. Ah! it means something in 
India to follow Christ when you have your aged mother 
at your feet entreating you not to forsake her. But 
there was a voice which he dared not disobey, telling 
him that he that loved father and mother more than 
the God who made him, was not worthy of Him, and 
so he followed, followed through the valley of perse- 
cution. Stones and imprisonment, and perils of land 
and perils of water, were among the least of the per- 
secutions of that disciple of the cross. But he counted 
all things loss that he might win Christ." — Miss S. 
Sorabji, Poona, India. 



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STUDY VIII: MISSIONARY WRITINGS 
OF THE APOSTLES 

2nd Day: The First Epistle to the Corinthians 

Read the first eleven chapters of this Epistle rapidly. 
Where was Paul when he wrote this epistle? 1 
Corinthians 16 : 8. 



To whom did he write ? 1 Corinthians 1 : 2. 



Concerning what important matters did Paul write 
to these early Christians? Indicate the general sub- 
jects. 1 Corinthians 1 : 10—4 : 21 ; 5-7 ; 8 ; 9-1 1. 



What light do these chapters throw on the daily life 
of these recent converts from heathenism ? 



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STUDY VIII: MISSIONARY WRITINGS 

OF THE APOSTLES 

3rd Day: The First Epistle to the Corinthians 
(Continued) 

Read Chapters 12-16 through rapidly. 

What general topics did Paul write about in this 
part of the Epistle. 1 Corinthians 12-14. (Note es- 
pecially 13) ; 15; 16: 1-4; 16: 5-24. 



What do we learn from this Epistle as to the ques- 
tions which perplexed the Corinthian Christians? 



What concerning the responsibility of Paul for the 
churches ? 



"In must countries, native Christians, even pastors, 
long remain children, dependent on the missionary for 
guidance and aid. Nowhere at home, in non-Episcopal 
churches, will a man be so called upon to exercise this 
function of oversight and direction as on the mission- 
field. He is the teacher of the teachers, the guide of 
the guides. * * * The missionary should be a 
statesman, a man able to know, select, train, and guide 
men; he should be a churchman, able to found and 
develop, not one church alone, but whole groups of 
churches." — E. A. Lawrence: Introduction to the 
Study of Foreign Missions, p. 79. 



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STUDY VIII: MISSIONARY WRITINGS 
OF THE APOSTLES 

4th Day: The Epistles of John 

Read the First Epistle through rapidly. This lettet 
was probably written from Ephesus, by the Apostle 
John, in his old age, to a group of churches in Asia 
Minor whose members were mainly Gentile converts 
(5:21). 

What was the source of the writer's knowledge? 
1 John 1 : 1-4. 



What were his principal teachings ? Indicate brief- 

ly. 

1 John 1:5-10; 
2:2; 
2:23-28; 
3:1-4- 
3:16; 
3:22; 
4:10-15; 
5:1-5; 
5:13-21. 



What does this Epistle show us concerning these 
early Christians? 



What does it show about John's mature opinions 
and his methods ? Read also 2 and 3 John. 



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STUDY VIII: MISSIONARY WRITINGS 

OF THE APOSTLES 

5th Day: A Vision of the Results of Christian 
Missions 

Read Revelation 7:9-17. 

Who are to be included among those redeemed by 
the blood of the Lamb? 



What is to be their attitude toward Him ? 



"In view of the conditions in the non-Christian world 
at the beginning of this century, favoring and calling 
for a great advance movement on the part of the 
churches of Christendom, in view of the grave dangers 
resulting from any save an aggressive onward move- 
ment, has not the time come for the Church to give 
herself with greater earnestness than ever to the stu- 
pendous task of making Christ known and obeyed in 
all the world?"— J. R. Mott: The Pastor and Modern 
Missions, p. 49. 

Prayer: O Lord, I thank Thee that Thou hast 
counted me worthy to have a part in Thy great work 
of winning the world to Thyself. I pray Thee to show 
me very definitely where and how Thou canst use me 
best. Amen. 



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STUDY VIII: MISSIONARY WRITINGS 
OF THE APOSTLES 

6th Day: Review 

Summarize briefly God's attitude toward the World 
as we have found it in — 

1. The Law. 



2. The Prophets. 



3. The Psalms. 



4. The Life of Christ. 



" Where'er a single slave doth pine, 
Where'er one man may help another, — 
Thank God for such a birthright, brother, — 

That spot of earth is thine and mine ! 
There is the true man's birthplace grand, 
His is a world-wide fatherland." 

—James Russell Lowell. 



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STUDY VIII: MISSIONARY WRITINGS 
OF THE APOSTLES 

7th Day: Review (Continued) 

Summarize briefly God's attitude toward the World, 
as we have found it in — 

5. The Teachings of Christ. 



6. The Lives of the Apostles. 



7. The Life of Paul. 



8. The Writings of the Apostles. 



Prayer: "Almighty God, Who by Thy Son, Jesus 
Christ, didst give commandment to the holy apostles 
that they should go into all the world and preach 
the gospel to every creature, grant to us, whom Thou 
hast called into Thy Church, a ready will to obey Thy 
word, and fill us with a hearty desire to make Thy way 
known upon earth, Thy saving health among all na- 
tions. Look with compassion upon the heathen that 
have not known Thee, and upon the multitudes in our 
own land that are scattered abroad as sheep having 
no shepherd. O Heavenly Father, Lord of the har- 
vest, have respect we beseech Thee to our prayers, and 
send forth laborers into Thy harvest. Fit and prepare 
them by Thy grace for the work of their ministry; 
give them the spirit of power and of love; and of a 
sound mind ; strengthen them to endure hardness, and 
grant that both by their life and doctrine they may 
show forth Thy glory, and set forward the salvation 
of all men; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen." 



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